A man with an Asian accent, claimed to be dealing with my PPI claim for a car purchase and just wanted to verify my post code to continue. I knew this was a con as I have never bought a car on loan so how could he be dealing with MY claim.
Community overview
3 user reports
About this number
Number formats
- UK format: 01297 740176
- International: +44 1297 740176
Number details
- Number type: Landline
- Number range allocated to: Voxbone SA
- Area: Axminster
- Area code: 01297
Recent activity
Last 30 days: 318 UK visits and 2 public reports.
Reported categories
Based on 3 public user reports
User Reports (3)
Pretended to be Sky, offered 50% off of the monthly charge. They didn't know my email address and put the phone down on me
Won’t stop calling me I have asked for them to block my number and they just keep calling something about a car accident claim which is bullshit please block this number
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